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Public Health Tips
Prevention Tip 1: Clean your hands often and thoroughly
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Top Left: Wash Your Hands Before Eating, Designer Unknown, c. 1955
Top Right: Wash Your Hands, Designer Unknown, c. 1943
Bottom Left: Wash Your Hands Often, Seymour Nydorf, 1944
Bottom Right: Paper Is Good But Hand Washing Is Better, c. 1945
(all images c/o Rare Historical Photos)
Prevention Tip 2: Don’t touch your face, mouth, or eyes
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Finger Licking, Railways Studios, c. 1955
(image c/o Ali Express)
Prevention Tip 3: Cover your coughs and sneezes
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Right: Careless Sneezing, Railways Studios, c. 1955
(image c/o Ali Express)
Left: The British Public Is Not To Be Sneezed At, Designer Unknown, 1942
(image c/o Julia Santen Gallery)
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Left: A Handkerchief In Time, Designer Unknown, c. 1942
Right: Cover Coughs Cover Sneezes, Designer Unknown, c. 1944
(images c/o Pinterest)
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Left: Halt The Epidemic, Hanlon, c. 1918
(image c/o Reddit)
Right: Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases, Henry Mayo Bateman, c. 1941
(image c/o Swann Galleries)
Prevention Tip 4: Practice social distancing and avoid close contact
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Right: Tuberculosis, Designer Unknown, c. 1933
(image c/o The Daily Mail)
Left: Prevent Disease, HJH, c. 1918
(image c/o Twitter)
Prevention Tip 5: Even if you don’t show symptoms, you may have been exposed. Don’t be arrogant and assume you aren’t a carrier.
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Healthy Looks Can Hide Tuberculosis, Walleem, c. 1933
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Prevention Tip 6: Stay home if you’re sick
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Left: Listen To That Cough, Designer Unknown (Mather), 1928
(image c/o Swann Galleries)
Right: Obey The Rules Of Health, Designer Unknown, c. 1932
(image c/o Library of Congress)
We’re all in this together. No one is immune. You or a loved one can get sick. Please, care for others and follow these guidelines.
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Health, Designer Unknown, c. 1900
(image c/o Swann Galleries)